Machine for fitting billiard-cue tips



(No Model.)

' T. LOMAS.

MACHINE FOR FITTING BILLIARD QUE TIPS. No. 282,741. Patented Aug. 7,1883.

NITE- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

frnonns LOMAS, on NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR FITTING BILLIARD- CUE TIPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters iatent No. 282,741, dated August7, 1883. Application filed January 2, 1883. (No model.)

To etZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS LOMAS, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inMachines for Fitting Billiard Cue Tips; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and theletters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and-exactdescrip tion of the same, and which said drawings constitute part ofthis specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a perspective View; Fig. 2, atransverse section showing thesaw in the sawguides.

This invention relates to a device for preparing the meeting surfaces ofbilliard-cues and their tips for cementing.

Usually the tip is sawed off as nearly even as it conveniently can be,and then smoothed with a file, the surface of the tip also filed,bringing them to something near a plain flat surface; then the cement isapplied and the tip pressed upon the end of the cue, depending upon aforced pressure and surplus of cement to make a suitable connectionbetween the tip and the one. This work is usually done by those who arenot thoroughly experienced in making nice joints; hence it is thatirregularities in the surface must occur, and dependence must be hadupon cement to make up the deficiency.

The object of my invention is the construction of a machine by which,however inexperienced the person may be, perfect-fitting sur faces mustbe produced on the cue and tip, so that simply a surfacing of cementwill be allsufficient; and the invention consists, principally, in theconstruction hereinafter described, and more particularly recited intheclaims.

A represents the base, upon which are two rests, B and 0, each fittedwith a notch, a, to receive the cue, and in which notches the cue willlie, as indicated in broken lines.

D is a wheel, its surface radially serrated to produce cutting-edgessomething like avery coarse file. This wheel is arranged upon an axle,I), supported in suitable bearings, the axis being at one side of thenotch a and parallel with the axis of the cue-that is to say, so as tobring the cutting surface. or face of the wheel in a plane at rightangles to the axis of the one. This wheel is fitted with a crank, E, orother suitable device by which the rotation may be imparted to thewheel. The one is laid upon the rests, as seen in broken lines, the tipend against the cutter D, the cue held firmly by hand. The wheel orcutter being caused to rotate, the operator at the same time pressingthe cue toward the wheel, the end will be dressed and in a plane atright angles to the axis and perfectly smooth and true.

It is frequently necessary to cut off a portion at the end of the tip,and that my machine may embody means for conveniently doing this, Iconstruct a saw-guide consisting of two plates, F F, cast or fixed uponthe bed of the machine, and standing substantially parallel to eachother, with a vertical slot, (Z, in each to receive a saw, as seen inFig. 2, the slot serving as a guide for the saw. Between the two platesis a notched rest, G, and at the rear a corresponding notch, e, in therest 0; the

two notches receive. the 'cue, and thesaw is guided at right angles tothe axis, so that the operator moving the saw back and forth through theaxis must necessarily cut the end square.

The tips themselves require to be surfaced, and to do this in a true andworkman-like manner I make in the rest B a hole, f, sufficiently largeto receive and support the tip with its under face upon the cutter;then, pressing the tip against the revolving wheel, the surface will bedressed with the same accuracy as the end of the tip, so that the twowill perfectly fit and be perfectly smooth, so that simply a surfacingof cement on the tip is all that is required to secure it to the tip inthe strongest possible manner, and because of this regularity of surfaceand perfect fit between the tip and the cue there is much less liabilityof detaching the I claim 1. In a machine for fitting billiard-cue tips,the combination of thenotched rests B 0, arranged to receive the cue,the rest B, provided 5 with a seat, f, for the tip, and a cutterarranged to move and cut in a plane at right angles to the axis of theone when placed upon the rests, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for fitting billiard-cue tips,

10 the combination of the notched rests B C, ar-

ranged to receive the cue, a cutter arranged to move and cut in a planeat right angles to the axis of the one when placed upon the rests, withthe rests 6G and saw-guides F F, substantially as described.

THOMAS LOMAS. WVitnesses:

J 0s. 0. EARLE, J. H. SI-IUMWAY.

